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Signs

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on signs. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 14 • Verse 21 →The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
Arjuna uvaca: Kair lingais trin gunan etan atito bhavati prabho, kim acharah katham chaitams trin gunan ativartate

Arjuna asks: What are the signs of one who has transcended the three gunas? What is their conduct, and how does one go beyond these gunas? Arjuna's question invites a practical description of the liberated person's characteristics and the method of transcendence.

  • •Practical markers of transcendence are worth knowing
  • •Both the signs and the method of transcendence are asked for
  • •Arjuna models the ideal student by asking precisely the right question
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Chapter 14 • Verse 22 →The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
Shri bhagavan uvaca: Prakasham cha pravrittim cha moham eva cha pandava, na dveshti sampravrittani na nivrittani kankhati

The Supreme Lord says: O Arjuna, one who does not hate illumination, attachment, and delusion when present, nor longs for them when absent — such a person has transcended the gunas. The transcended soul is neither attracted nor repelled by the manifestations of any guna.

  • •Transcendence means equanimity toward all guna manifestations
  • •Neither craving sattva nor hating tamas characterizes the liberated
  • •Freedom from attraction and aversion to all gunas is the mark
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